For the sixth year in a row, Kansas University softball has had at least five Jayhawks earn Academic All-Big 12 honors.

Seniors Kylee Kennedy and Shannon McGinley, juniors Taylor Dodson and Taylor McElhaney and sophomore Erin McGinley garnered first-team recognition for 2016.

Shannon McGinley and McElhaney earned their second career academic award from the Big 12, while Dodson, Kennedy and Erin McGinley earned their first.